The Krayolas

Garage rock and post-Beatles pop may form the outline for this reunited New Wave-era band’s style, but the Krayolas also color very nicely outside the lines. Led by San Antonio Express-News journalist Hector Saldana and obviously spiritual sons of Sahm — longtime Sir Doug compadre Augie Meyers plays keyboards on La Conquistadora and contributes three songs — the Krayolas draw everything from the Fab Four to Bob Dylan onto their Tex-Mex rock combo platter. And as much as they have obviously spent quality time with the Nuggets collection, the Krayolas raise the craft of garage rocking to a higher art (witness a lyric like “Hercules travels the Nolan Street Bridge/In his Day-Glo Cadillac”), forge their own distinctive take on the sound and rock like lusty yet still smart teens with an adult savvy.